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  • From Music to Mysticism: How Science, Psychology, and Spirituality Converge

    From Music to Mysticism: How Science, Psychology, and Spirituality Converge
    Jan 9 2026
    A journey unfolds in which creativity, consciousness, and ancient wisdom intersect to support healing and awakening. In this episode of Women Awakening, Cynthia James is joined by Laura Chandler—writer, teacher, podcast host, award-winning songwriter, and co-founder of the Foundation of the Sacred Stream—for a rich and thoughtful conversation on the evolution of the human spirit. Laura reflects on her path from music and psychology to mysticism and consciousness studies, sharing how loss, creativity, and spiritual inquiry shaped her life’s work.Explore the convergence of science, psychology, and spirituality, the reclamation of ancient wisdom in modern times, and the importance of tending the spirit as part of being human.Listen to the full episode of From Music to Mysticism: How Science, Psychology, and Spirituality Converge.Enjoy the podcast? Subscribe and leave a 5-star review.Laura Chandler is a writer, teacher, podcast host, and award-winning songwriter. She has worked in publishing, music and video production, and alternative therapies. As the co-founder and Executive Director of the Foundation of the Sacred Stream, a school for consciousness studies in Berkeley, CA, she is dedicated to preserving traditions and practices that support the healing of the earth and humanity's awakening to a more compassionate existence. Her music has appeared in film and television, and she owns Red Cow Records and Music Publishing.With a background in spiritual, therapeutic, and meditative techniques from around the world, Laura has worked with master teachers from a variety of traditions. She has also released seven albums and co-authored two books, Depth Hypnosis: A Path to Healing, Power, and Transformation, and Coming to Peace: Resolving Conflict Within Ourselves and Others.Connect with Laura Chandler:Website: https://www.laurachandler.org; https://www.sacredstream.orgLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-chandler-5049395/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sacredstream; https://www.facebook.com/sacredstreamradio/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sacredstreamYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/fndsacredstreamTwitter: https://x.com/fndsacredstreamCynthia James is a transformational speaker, emotional integration coach, and host of the Women Awakening podcast. With a background as a former actress and Star Search champion, she brings creativity and depth to her work. Cynthia holds master’s degrees in consciousness studies and spiritual psychology. Author of 6 bestselling and award-winning books, including I Choose Me: The Art of Being A Phenomenally Successful Woman at Home and at Work. Through her global retreats, coaching, and speaking, she helps women step into their power, live authentically, and lead with purpose.Connect with Cynthia James:Website: https://www.cynthiajames.net/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cynthia-james-enterprises/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/WhatWillSetYouFreeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/cynthiajames777/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynthiajamestransforms
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  • A Workplace Sexual Harassment Lawyer on Silence, Power & Women’s Rights

    A Workplace Sexual Harassment Lawyer on Silence, Power & Women’s Rights
    Jan 2 2026
    When power goes unchecked in the workplace, silence often becomes a survival strategy.

    In this episode of Women Awakening, Cynthia James sits down with workplace sexual harassment and discrimination attorney Brittany A. Stevens to explore the realities many women face behind closed doors at work.Discover why so many women fear speaking up, how credibility and testimony truly function in the legal system, and what options exist for those navigating unsafe or hostile work environments. This conversation also addresses pregnancy and maternity discrimination, emotional resilience, and the importance of having advocates who can help women reclaim their voice and dignity.Allow this episode to meet you where you are and offer perspective, validation, and pathways forward for yourself or for women you care about.Tune in to the full episode of A Workplace Sexual Harassment Lawyer on Silence, Power & Women’s Rights.

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    Brittany A. Stevens is a Partner at Phillips & Associates, PLLC, one ofthe nation’s premier plaintiff-side employment law firms. She focusesexclusively on representing employees who have experienced sexualharassment, discrimination, or retaliation in the workplace. Known forher strategic legal mind and compassionate client advocacy, Brittanyempowers clients during some of the most vulnerable moments intheir professional lives. She represents women from across industries—especially those in executive support roles—and works tirelessly to holdemployers accountable.

    Find Brittany A. Stevens
    Email: bstevens@tpglaws.com
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittany-stevens-alper-4895911a/

    Cynthia James is a transformational speaker, emotional integration coach, and host of the Women Awakening podcast. With a background as a former actress and Star Search champion, she brings creativity and depth to her work. Cynthia holds master’s degrees in consciousness studies and spiritual psychology. Author of 6 bestselling and award-winning books, including I Choose Me: The Art of Being A Phenomenally Successful Woman at Home and at Work. Through her global retreats, coaching, and speaking, she helps women step into their power, live authentically, and lead with purpose.

    Connect with Cynthia James:
    Website: https://www.cynthiajames.net/
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cynthia-james-enterprises/
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/WhatWillSetYouFree
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cynthiajames777/
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynthiajamestransforms
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  • The Depth Hypnosis Method Explained

    The Depth Hypnosis Method Explained
    Dec 19 2025
    Ancient wisdom and modern psychology converge to reveal new paths to healing and clarity.

    In this episode of Women Awakening, Cynthia James engages in a profound conversation with Isa Gucciardi, Ph.D., creator of Depth Hypnosis™ and founding director of the Foundation of the Sacred Stream. Isa shares her transformative journey from a childhood spent traveling across continents—from Hawaii to Lebanon—to becoming a pioneer in integrating shamanic and Buddhist perspectives into clinical practice.Discover the origins of Depth Hypnosis, a groundbreaking therapeutic model that emerged from Isa's own healing journey and now serves thousands worldwide. Learn about the sacred use of drumming, the power of following your inner guidance, and why reconnecting with the sacred feminine is essential for women's awakening today.

    Tune in to this empowering episode of Women Awakening: The Depth Hypnosis Method Explained.

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    Isa Gucchiardi, PhD is the creator of Depth Hypnosis™, a pioneering therapeutic model that integrates ancient spiritual wisdom with contemporary psychology. With over 30 years of study in Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, Sufi, indigenous, and shamanic traditions, Isa has trained thousands of students in Depth Hypnosis, Buddhist Psychology, and Applied Shamanism. She is the founding director of the Foundation of the Sacred Stream in Berkeley, CA, a lecturer for numerous international organizations, and the author of Coming to Peace, The New Return to the Great Mother, and Depth Hypnosis: A Path to Healing, Power, and Transformation.

    Website: https://sacredstream.org
    X (Twitter): https://x.com/FndSacredStream
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sacredstream
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/fndsacredstream
    Personal Website: https://isagucciardi.org
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/isa-gucciardi-2647795/

    Cynthia James is a transformational speaker, emotional integration coach, and host of the Women Awakening podcast. With a background as a former actress and Star Search champion, she brings creativity and depth to her work. Cynthia holds master’s degrees in consciousness studies and spiritual psychology. Author of 6 bestselling and award-winning books, including I Choose Me: The Art of Being A Phenomenally Successful Woman at Home and at Work. Through her global retreats, coaching, and speaking, she helps women step into their power, live authentically, and lead with purpose.

    Connect with Cynthia James:
    Website: https://www.cynthiajames.net/
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cynthia-james-enterprises/
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/WhatWillSetYouFree
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cynthiajames777/
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynthiajamestransforms
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  • Trauma, Grief & Psychedelic Therapy: A Deep Journey Into Healing

    Trauma, Grief & Psychedelic Therapy: A Deep Journey Into Healing
    Dec 12 2025
    What becomes possible when we meet our most profound grief with sacred medicine and compassionate presence?

    In this episode of Women Awakening, Cynthia James welcomes Darci Meyers, a psychotherapist, Hakomi therapist, and Buddhist Chaplain who has devoted her life to healing at the intersection of trauma, loss, and expanded consciousness. Darci shares her profound journey through personal grief following her mother's early death, her pioneering work in hospice and palliative care, and her groundbreaking psilocybin bereavement retreats for parents who have lost children.Discover how psychedelic-assisted therapy opens pathways to profound healing, the wisdom that emerges from working with death and dying, and how expanded states of consciousness can facilitate deep transformation.Don't miss this conversation on Trauma, Grief & Psychedelic Therapy: A Deep Journey Into Healing.

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    Darci Meyers, MA is a registered psychotherapist, certified Hakomi Therapist, and Buddhist Chaplain specializing in mindfulness-based, somatic, and trauma-informed healing. Inspired by her mother's early death in 2002, she worked in hospice and palliative care for nearly 15 years. She served as the founding director of Deshen Shying Spiritual Care Centre at Dzogchen Beara in Ireland. Darci has been a faculty member in Rigpa's Contemplative End-of-Life Care Program through Naropa University and led pioneering psilocybin bereavement retreats in Jamaica for parents who lost children. Trained by MAPS in MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy and as a psychedelic guide, she studied with field pioneers at the California Institute of Integral Studies. A meditation practitioner for over 35 years, Darci brings together her work with death, dying, grief, and expanded states of consciousness to facilitate profound transformation and healing.

    Website: http://www.darcimeyers.com/

    Cynthia James is a transformational speaker, emotional integration coach, and host of the Women Awakening podcast. With a background as a former actress and Star Search champion, she brings creativity and depth to her work. Cynthia holds master’s degrees in consciousness studies and spiritual psychology. Author of 6 bestselling and award-winning books, including I Choose Me: The Art of Being A Phenomenally Successful Woman at Home and at Work. Through her global retreats, coaching, and speaking, she helps women step into their power, live authentically, and lead with purpose.

    Connect with Cynthia James:

    Website: https://www.cynthiajames.net/
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cynthia-james-enterprises/
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/WhatWillSetYouFree
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cynthiajames777/
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynthiajamestransforms
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  • The Power of Love In Action and Conscious Entrepreneurship

    The Power of Love In Action and Conscious Entrepreneurship
    Dec 5 2025
    What unfolds when you allow your soul to guide your business journey?

    In this episode of Women Awakening, Cynthia James engages in an insightful conversation with Jane Pinto, a spiritual entrepreneur and the creator of RoseCircle—a multimedia platform dedicated to harnessing the power of love. Jane reflects on her experiences of divine visitations, embracing a purpose greater than herself, and establishing sacred circles where women reconnect with their inherent strength. Explore the invaluable lessons of unconditional love, forgiveness, and equality, and discover why gathering in solidarity is crucial for healing the world right now.

    Tune in to this episode of The Power of Love In Action and Conscious Entrepreneurship.

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    Jane Pinto is a spiritual entrepreneur with over 40 years devoted to mission-based business, founding conscious companies in organic foods, plant medicine wellness, and holistic lifestyle. She is the co-creator of The Rose Circle, a multimedia platform dedicated to growing the power of love through storytelling, production, and publishing. Jane shares teachings from the Divine Mother grounded in three sacred principles: Unconditional Love, Unconditional Forgiveness, and Unconditional Equality.

    Her journey through motherhood, recovery, and healing has shaped her calling to help transform the love of power into the power of love.

    Website: https://rosecircle.com

    Cynthia James is a transformational speaker, emotional integration coach, and host of the Women Awakening podcast. With a background as a former actress and Star Search champion, she brings creativity and depth to her work. Cynthia holds master’s degrees in consciousness studies and spiritual psychology. Author of 6 bestselling and award winning books including I Choose Me: The Art of Being A Phenomenally Successful Woman at Home and at Work. Through her global retreats, coaching, and speaking, she helps women step into their power, live authentically, and lead with purpose.

    Connect with Cynthia James:
    Website: https://www.cynthiajames.net/
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cynthia-james-enterprises/
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/WhatWillSetYouFree
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cynthiajames777/
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynthiajamestransforms
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  • Healing Through Stillness: Get Quiet, Transform Your Life

    Healing Through Stillness: Get Quiet, Transform Your Life
    Nov 28 2025
    In a world filled with noise, distraction, and constant striving, many women silently carry the weight of unspoken truths—stories swept under the carpet, intuition drowned out by overwhelm, and dreams placed on hold.In this episode of Women Awakening, Cynthia James connects with Elaine Glass, personal coach, author of Get Quiet, and a woman who has walked through her own labyrinth of transformation.

    After navigating a difficult divorce, an autoimmune diagnosis, and years of disconnection from herself, Elaine embarked on a decade-long journey of healing that led her back to nature, stillness, and the profound intelligence found only in the quiet.Harness the power of stillness and discover your birthright to live with confidence, purpose, and love.

    Tune in to this episode of Women Awakening: Healing Through Stillness: Get Quiet, Transform Your Life.Enjoy the podcast? Subscribe and leave a 5-star review.

    Elaine Glass, a Personal Coach, author, and speaker, draws on over 15 years oftransformative expertise. After a difficult divorce, she navigated a decade ofself-discovery through travels, alternative healing, and spiritual exploration.Today, Elaine guides her clients and readers to go after their dreams for lastingjoy and well-being. Her coaching practice centers on being open to change,quieting the mind, and unlocking hidden gifts in a judgment-free space. Inher upcoming book, Get Quiet, inspired by a classical labyrinth, Elaine sharestransformative insights from her journey and client experiences. Join Elaine ona profound inward journey toward joy and purpose.

    Website: https://elaineglass.com/
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elaine.glass.553883/#_=_Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elaineglass.author/

    Cynthia James is a transformational speaker, emotional integration coach, and host of the Women Awakening podcast. With a background as a former actress and Star Search champion, she brings creativity and depth to her work. Cynthia holds master’s degrees in consciousness studies and spiritual psychology. Author of 6 bestselling and award winning books including I Choose Me: The Art of Being A Phenomenally Successful Woman at Home and at Work. Through her global retreats, coaching, and speaking, she helps women step into their power, live authentically, and lead with purpose.

    Connect with Cynthia James:
    Website: https://www.cynthiajames.net/
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cynthia-james-enterprises/
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/WhatWillSetYouFree
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cynthiajames777/
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynthiajamestransforms
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  • How Embracing Light and Darkness Awakens Your True Self

    How Embracing Light and Darkness Awakens Your True Self
    Nov 21 2025
    What if the moments that break you open are the same moments that reveal who you truly are?

    In this episode of Women Awakening, author, artist, and spiritual teacher Simran Singh joins Cynthia James for a deeply moving exploration of what it means to awaken through both the light and the darkness. Known for her groundbreaking work with 11:11 Magazine and 11:11 Radio, Simran shares her journey from living within cultural expectations to becoming a voice for oneness, wholeness, and divine guidance.Through intimate storytelling and profound insight, she reveals how pain, uncertainty, and surrender can become sacred teachers.Stop running from discomfort, face your shadow with compassion, and embrace the fullness of life as both creator and witness.

    Dive into the episode of How Embracing Light and Darkness Awakens Your True Self.Enjoy the podcast? Subscribe and leave a 5-star review.

    Simran Singh, author of 9 books and over 100 11:11 Magazine issues, is an artist, 11:11 radio host, and the ‘Beyond the Illusion’ Substack publication. As a provocative and bold voice for these times, she stewards individuals in understanding the ‘signs’ of life and how to steward true oneness and wholeness by embracing the ‘light’ and the ‘darkness’.

    Join the in-depth courses:
    Life’s SIGNS and Conversations with the Universe: https://courses.sacredstories.com/courses/signs?ref=d05b2f
    Simran's Substack: https://bit.ly/Simran1111Substack
    Website: www.iamsimran.com
    11:11 Mag Site: www.1111mag.com

    Cynthia James is a transformational speaker, emotional integration coach,and host of the Women Awakening podcast. With a background as a formeractress and Star Search champion, she brings creativity and depth to herwork. Cynthia holds master’s degrees in consciousness studies and spiritualpsychology, and she’s the author of multiple bestselling books, including IChoose Me. Through her global retreats, coaching, and speaking, she helpswomen step into their power, live authentically, and lead with purpose.

    Connect with Cynthia James:
    Website: https://www.cynthiajames.net/
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cynthia-james-enterprises/
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/WhatWillSetYouFree
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cynthiajames777/
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynthiajamestransforms

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  • From Surviving to Shining Nancy Harkins on Healing & Empowerment

    From Surviving to Shining Nancy Harkins on Healing & Empowerment
    Nov 14 2025

    What if the only thing standing between you and your dream is the story you keep telling yourself?In this episode of Women Awakening, Cynthia James sits down with Nancy Harkins — international motivational speaker, licensed psychotherapist, and founder of LifeChoices LLC — whose remarkable journey from survival to self-empowerment embodies the strength of the human spirit.Nancy opens up about escaping an early marriage, rebuilding her life as a single mother, and pursuing her degree later in life — all sparked by one powerful question from a friend: “When will you give up the excuse?” That moment became the turning point that led her to a 40-year career helping others find resilience, courage, and conscious leadership.This conversation reminds us that when we anchor ourselves in breath, intention, and faith, we don’t just survive… we shine.Awaken your own power. Watch the full episode of From Surviving to Shining: Nancy Harkins on Healing & Empowerment.
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    Nancy Harkins is an award-winning international motivational speaker, corporate trainer, licensed psychotherapist, and founder of Life Choices LLC. With over 40 years of experience across banking, healthcare, education, and mental health, she’s helped thousands navigate communication challenges and emotional breakthroughs.

    As a longtime practitioner of the Science of Mind philosophy, Nancy integrates spiritual wisdom with grounded therapeutic tools—guiding clients and audiences toward self-empowerment, resilience, and conscious leadership.

    Now semi-retired, she continues to offer part-time counseling and facilitation through her private therapy practice Life Choices LLC and accepts select speaking invitations.

    Website: www.yourwordshavepower.com

    Cynthia James is a transformational speaker, emotional integration coach,and host of the Women Awakening podcast. With a background as a formeractress and Star Search champion, she brings creativity and depth to herwork. Cynthia holds master’s degrees in consciousness studies and spiritualpsychology, and she’s the author of multiple bestselling books, including IChoose Me. Through her global retreats, coaching, and speaking, she helpswomen step into their power, live authentically, and lead with purpose.

    Connect with Cynthia James:
    Website: https://www.cynthiajames.net/
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cynthia-james-enterprises/
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/WhatWillSetYouFree
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cynthiajames777/
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynthiajamestransforms
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